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      How a Powerful ‘Ex-Gay’ Pastor is Chasing the Latino Vote
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Hans-Georg Moeller

Hans-Georg Moeller is senior lecturer in the Philosophy Department at University College Cork, Ireland. His publications on Daoism and social systems theory include The Philosophy of the Daodejing as well as a translation of the Daodejing, Daoism Explained: From the Dream of the Butterfly to the Fishnet Allegory, and Luhmann Explained: From Souls to Systems.

New Books, RD10QMay 12, 2010

Morality is Not Necessarily Good

By Hans-Georg Moeller

Ten questions for philosopher Hans-Georg Moeller whose new book explains how the language of morality, or of ethical purity, distorts our ability to tackle the toughest social and political problems. 

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